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Sonora ranks nationally in social progress
Sonora 8th nationally in social progress metrics Sonora’s Secretary of Social Development (Sedesson) Manuel Puebla announced in January that Sonora ranked 8th in the nation for social progress in 2019. The 2019 Social Progress Index, published by the Social Progress...
Arizona lost 66k jobs to China from 2001 to 2018
Job losses from growing U.S. trade deficit A report released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) mentions that Arizona lost an estimated 66,000 jobs to China in the 17-year period between 2001 and 2018. The report, “Growing China trade deficit cost 3.7 million...
Sonora continues national dominance in metals mining
Cananea, Sonora open-pit copper mineData released on January 31 from Mexico’s statistical agency, the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) show that year-over-year, from November 2018 to 2019, Sonora maintained its national first-place position in...